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Panama-based cryptocurrency trading platform AltoCenter is offering free Bitcoin debit cards for users for a limited time period. Users can trade in Bitcoin, Litecoin and other digital currencies. Features include automatic cryptocurrency deposits and withdrawals, ‘Perfect Money’ payment system, wire transfers and SEPA payments in Europe ensures there is plenty...

New Hampshire-based Ziftr has announced that it sold 4,141,444 Ziftrcoins in its crowdsale, raising a total of $878,695. The "presale" ran from December 9, 2014 through January 23, 2015. The company says it will use the money raised to help fund its plans to "bring cryptocurrency into the mainstream" for...

Curacao-licensed Bitcoin casino platform Bitcasino.io has just launched 24 new high definition casino games from gaming software developer Endorphina. The casino reports that in the first year of operation it attracted 100,000 new players and now has over 250 games, including 400 BTC worth of jackpots. Under the agreement Bitcasino...

Bitcoin exchange platform 247exchange.com, managed by InterMoney Exchange has launched a new feature – withdrawing Bitcoins directly to credit/debit card. With both Visa and MasterCard providers, credit and debit cards of different types including prepaid are supported. 247exchange.com CEO Alexey Maximenko commented - It’s always been a headache for everyone...

Swiss firm ShapeShift.io has integrated the BitUSD and BTS digital assets into its instant exchange platform. Consumers can now buy and sell BTS and BitUSD anywhere in the world instantly with Bitcoin, Ripple, Dogecoin, NXT, or over 15 other cryptocurrencies with ShapeShift.io. Launched in August 2014, ShapeShift.io is an exchange...

Online payment platform GoCoin has unveiled its top 5 criteria for admitting new alternative cryptocurrencies or altcoins. GoCoin plans to scale up its list of supported cryptocurrencies in 2015. Until now, GoCoin has been proprietary with our internal criteria for adding coins. We just crossed our first year of operations,...

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Inside Bitcoins Conference and Expo, the largest Bitcoin event series worldwide, returns to Berlin on March 5-6 at the Estrel Berlin. Join the brightest minds and leading influencers in the Bitcoin 2.0 and cryptocurrency space as they come together to explore the promise of decentralized technology and the future of...

“2015 will see revolutionary change in the financial industry in China,” stated Zennon Kapron, Managing Director of the financial research firm KapronASIA, at Inside Bitcoins Singapore. What he did not see, however, was a compelling place for Bitcoin. “Crypto is a solution looking for a problem,” he added. “Current Bitcoin...

Hong Kong-based startup Gatecoin today launched their proprietary Bitcoin trading platform. The new exchange allows users to buy and sell bitcoin using Hong Kong Dollars, U.S. Dollars, or Euros. Additionally, the company offers a world first, a MasterCard backed by Bitcoin. “We’ve spent 2 years developing a bank grade trading...

HONG KONG and NEW YORK, Jan. 30, 2015 - Inside Bitcoins producer MecklerMedia and AllCoinsNews.com have agreed to a cross-promotional partnership for four upcoming Inside Bitcoins events in 2015, in Singapore, Berlin, Hong Kong and New York. AllCoinsNews.com will be a media partner for those events, which will be held...

National Aten Coin’s (NAC) Aten “Black Gold” coin will be added to ANXPRO, a global platform that enables the purchase and sale of cryptocurrencies in major fiat currencies. Marcus Andrade, NAC's CEO, commented: We have taken a huge leap forward in the digital currency arena with the Aten “Black Gold”...

China-based cryptocurrency exchange 796.com has announced that it is launching its U.S. subsidiary in February 2015. The strategy of establishing as US subsidiary is to be the main entity for local operations and global partnerships as well as to secure US-based license adoption, according to the company. Nelson Yu, President...

Blockchain-based rewards platform Ribbit.me achieved three of its major milestones last week. According to company CFO and co-founder Greg Simon, they launched the RibbitRewards blockchain, online wallet, and explorer. RibbitRewards is essentially a rewards program based on blockchain technology, with tokens that are traded on Bittrex and Swisscex as RBR....

Leading bitcoin wallet company Coinbase announced yesterday it has launched a regulated bitcoin exchange, the first in the United States. The company indicated that the goal of establishing the Coinbase Exchange was to bring increased stability to the bitcoin ecosystem. Coinbase posted the following on its corporate blog: Coinbase Exchange provides...

New England-based firm Ziftr started accepting U.S. dollars last week during its presale of its cryptocurrency Ziftrcoin. The company is accepting the fiat currency in the form of personal checks for Ziftrcoin purchases of $250 or more. The presale closes on the 23rd of January at 12 noon. So far,...

Paypal owned payment platform Braintree revealed yesterday that its initial integration with bitcoin wallet and exchange leader Coinbase was complete and that it was opening beta access to permit merchants in the US to accept bitcoin. In the Fall of 2014, Braintree announced its partnership with Coinbase, a bitcoin payment...

The operator of cryptocurrency marketplace BTCS.com - OTC traded Bitcoin Shop, Inc.- has sewed up financing worth US$498,000. BTCS currently operates a legacy ecommerce website - www.bitcoinshop.us - and a public beta site of www.btcs.com where consumers can purchase thousands of products using digital currencies bitcoin, litecoin and dogecoin. BTCS...

The fall of the bitcoin price in the New Year has not dampened investment sentiment in bitcoin technology. Leading bitcoin platform Coinbase just closed a $75 million Series C financing round brings the total capital raised by the company to $106 million. The round was led by Draper Fisher Jurvetson...

Blockchain-driven smart contracts startup Trustatom has raised US$100,000 in early seed funding from a few angel investors, including Brian Cartmell and Vinny Lingham. The funds will be used to strengthen the Trustatom team and support the launch a due diligence SaaS called of CredyCo. Founded by Yurii Rashkovskii, the former...